Tilting box.



Patented Apr. I0, I900. W. E. SI'MONDS.

TILTING BOX.

(Application fiiea Oct. 30, 1899.

(No Model.)

With asses IVILLIAM E. SIMONDS, OF CANTON, CONNECTICUT.

TILTING BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 647,203, dated April10, 1900.

Application filepi October 30, 1899. Serial No.735i18l. (No model.)

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. SIMONDS, a citizen of the United Statesof America, residing at Canton, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, (post-office address Hartford, Connecticut,) have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Tilting Boxes, of which thefollowing is a description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein- Figure l is a side view of a tilting box embodyingsaid improvement. Fig. 2 is a view in mechanical perspective of the samebox with the arm-connecting plate swung up in position to cover the box.It shows in dotted lines that adjustment of the arms and arm-connectingplate which is shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of the same box in theadjustment of Fig. 2 from the point A.

The object of the improvement is the production of a tilting packageespecially useful for carrying a large bottle of liquid and havingfeatures of novelty and advantage.

In the accompanying drawings the letter a denotes the box, and b thebottle contained therein.

The letter 0 denotes two, arms, which are pivotally attached to the boxat fixed points. This attachment of these arms to the box at fixedpoints is an essential part of the invention. It gives, among otherthings, strength, simplicity, and efficiency.

The letter (1 denotes a plate connecting the arms 0.

\Vhen the parts so far described are in the position indicated in Fig.2, then the arms and their connection are supported by the box and theconnecting-plate 01 covers the box. The parts may be retained in thisadjustment by any suitable lock, hook, or catch c.

When the parts so fardescribed are in the position indicated in Fig. 1,the connected arms 0 support the box and allow it to tilt or partiallyrotate on its bearings, so that the contents of the bottle may. bereadily poured out. The first of these adjustments may well be calledthe closed adjustment.

The upper end of the box is beveled, as illustrated in the drawings, andthe plate d carries parts which correspond to this bevel,

giving as one result a complete box structure when the parts are in theposition shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Another result of thisbeveledconstruction is that the top of the bottle is allowed to project abovethe bevel, so as the more readily to permit one to pour out itscontents.

I claim as my improvement 1. The box, in combination with the connectedarms pivotal] y attached to the box at fixed points and adapted topivotally support the box when said arms are extended downwardly fromsaid fixed points of pivotal attachment and to be supported by the boxwhen said arms are extended upwardly from said fixed points of pivotalattachment, all substantially as described and for the purposes setforth.

2. The box, in combination withthe conheating-plate and the armspivotally attached to the box at fixed points and adapted to pivotallysupport the box when said arms are extended downwardly from said fixedpoints of pivotal attachment and to be supported by the box and-throughthe medium of said connecting-plate cover the box when the arms areextended upwardly from said fixed points of pivotal attachment, allsubstantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

3. In combination,the box with beveled upper end, the arms pivotallyattached to said box at fixed points, and the arm-connecting platecarrying side parts adapted in the closed adjustment of the package tofill that part of the box cut away in the formation of said bevel, saidarms and plate adapted to pivotally support the box when said arms areextended downwardly from the said fixed points and to be supported bythe box and through the medium of said connectingplate-cover the boxwhen the arms are extended upwardly from said fixed points, all

substantially as described and for the purposes set forth.

WILLIAM E. SIMON DS.

Witnesses:

EDWARD M. YEOMANS, LUI'reARD MoRBA,

